Zehra_Özbey_Torun

Zehra Özbey Torun

Zehra Özbey Torun

Turkish para-archer and former wheelchair basketball player

Zehra Özbey Torun (born 7 September 1982) is a Turkish female para-archer competing in the women's recurve bow standing event. A former wheelchair basketball player, she competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]

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Results

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Paralympic Games

7 Individual Recurve - Open 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

2 Team Recurve - Open 2019 's-Hertogenbosch, NED

9 Individual Recurve - Open 2019 's-Hertogenbosch, NED

9 Individual Recurve - Open 2017 Beijing, CHN

European Championships

6 Individual Recurve - Open 2018 Plzen, CZE

Early life

Zehra Özbay Torun was born with disability on 7 September 1982.[1][3]

She lives in Antalya, Turkey, where she moved to after her marriage.[4] She has a baby and works in the state service.[3]

Sporting career

Zehra Özbay Torun began her sports career with Wheelchair DanceSport. She than switched over to wheelchair basketball and played in the national team. She took a break in her active sports life as she learned her pregnancy after the marriage. Nine months after giving birth to a baby, she returned to sports. She switched over to wheelchair archery in order to have more free time for her baby.[3] After a brief training by Vedat Erbay in the Vedat Erbay SK, she was admitted to the Turkey women's national wheelchair archery team.[4]

She competed at the 2016 European Qualifier held in Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France, and obtained a quota spot for 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3][5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Rio 2016 Paralympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Zehra Ozbey Torun". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "8 ayda Rio olimpiyatlarına katılmaya hak kazandı". Spor X (in Turkish). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Zehra Ğzbey Torun". World Archery. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. [5]
    Morgan, Liam (6 April 2016). "Rio 2016 quota places secured at European Para-Archery Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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